The Merchant Of Death Is Dead

Author : Jennifer Price
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781797730974
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Merchant of Death Is Dead written by Jennifer Price and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can adventurers, athletes, inventors, and generals teach us about how to live in the modern world? In The Merchant of Death is Dead, pop historian, asset manager, and newspaper columnist Scott A. Grant shares some of his favorite columns. Stories in the book include those of inventor Alfred Nobel, writer Zora Neale Hurston, football player Deacon Jones, surgeon John Snow, adventurer Annie Edson Taylor, visionary Benjamin Franklin, swimmer Gertrude Ederle, clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger, General James Doolittle, golfers Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus, athletes "Bullet" Bob Hayes and Mack Robinson, and First Lady Frances Cleveland, plus events such as the discovery of the South Pole, Nazi spies landing on a north Florida beach, and economic bubbles through the years. Scott A. Grant studied economics and history at Cornell University before working on Wall Street. He later earned a law degree from Rutgers University. Over the last fourteen years he has been a regular columnist for two newspapers and has perfected several history presentations. After two years of touring the local northeast Florida civic clubs, museums, and schools, he was asked to produce a book. This is his first publication. He is delighted to share his knowledge of history and investments.

Author : Douglas Farah
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1118038983
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Merchant of Death written by Douglas Farah and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Merchant of Death "A riveting investigation of the world's most notorious arms dealer--a page-turner that digs deep into the amazing, murky story of Viktor Bout. Farah and Braun have exposed the inner workings of one of the world's most secretive businesses--the international arms trade." —Peter L. Bergen, author of The Osama bin Laden I Know "Viktor Bout is like Osama bin Laden: a major target of U.S. intelligence officials who time and again gets away. Farah and Braun have skillfully documented how this notorious arms dealer has stoked violence around the world and thwarted international sanctions. Even more appalling, they show how Bout ended up getting millions of dollars in U.S. government money to assist the war in Iraq. A truly impressive piece of investigative reporting." —Michael Isikoff, coauthor of Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War "Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun are two of the toughest investigative reporters in the country. This is an important book about a hidden world of gunrunning and profiteering in some of the world's poorest countries." —Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 "In Merchant of Death, two of America's finest reporters have performed a major public service, turning over the right rocks that reveal the brutal international arms business at the dawn of the twenty-first century. In Viktor Bout, they have given us a new Lord of War, a man who knows no side but his own, and who has a knack for turning up in every war zone just in time to turn a profit. As Farah and Braun uncover and document his troubling role in the Bush Administration's Global War on Terror, his ties to Washington almost seem inevitable." —James Risen, author of State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration "An extraordinary and timely piece of investigative reporting, Merchant of Death is also a vividly compelling read. The true story of Viktor Bout, a sociopathic Russian gunrunner who has supplied weapons for use in some of the most gruesome conflicts of modern times--and who can count amongst his clients both the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the U.S. military in Iraq--is a stomach-churning indictment of the policy failures and moral contradictions of the world's most powerful governments, including that of the United States." —Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad Two respected journalists tell the incredible story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout’s vast enterprise of guns, planes, and money has fueled internecine slaughter in Africa and aided both militant Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan and the American military in Iraq. This book combines spy thrills with crucial insights on the shortcomings of a U.S. foreign policy that fails to confront the lucrative and lethal arms trade that erodes global security.

Author : Helmuth Carol Engelbrecht
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN 13 : 1610163907
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Merchants of Death written by Helmuth Carol Engelbrecht and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 1937 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carolyn Merchant
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062956744
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Death of Nature written by Carolyn Merchant and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPDATED 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH 2020 PREFACE An examination of the Scientific Revolution that shows how the mechanistic world view of modern science has sanctioned the exploitation of nature, unrestrained commercial expansion, and a new socioeconomic order that subordinates women.

Author : D.J. MacHale
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416936254
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Merchant of Death written by D.J. MacHale and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal and somewhat reluctant 14- year-old boy who is swept into an amazing five-year quest.

Author : John O'Hara
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613170864
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Appointment in Samarra written by John O'Hara and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tessa Wegert
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1448308429
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Dead Wind written by Tessa Wegert and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senior Investigator Shana Merchant must dredge up dark secrets and old grudges if she's to solve the murder of a prominent local citizen in the Thousand Islands community she now calls home. "Wegert nicely balances plot and characterization. Fans of Denise Mina’s Alex Morrow will be pleased" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, arriving on the scene with fellow investigator Tim Wellington, can't shake the feeling that she knows the victim - and the subsequent identification sends shockwaves through their community in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York. Politics, power, passion . . . there are dark undercurrents in Shana's new home, and finding the killer means dredging up her new friends and neighbors' old grudges and long-kept secrets. That is, if the killer is from the community at all. For Shana's keeping a terrible secret of her own: eighteen months ago she escaped from serial killer Blake Bram's clutches. But has he followed her, to kill again? The Shana Merchant novels are a brilliant blend of chilling psychological thriller and gripping police procedural, set in an atmospheric island community with a small-town vibe.

Author : Tessa Wegert
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593097912
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Dead Season written by Tessa Wegert and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senior Investigator Shana Merchant has spent years running from her past. But she never imagined a murder case would drive her to the most dangerous place of all—home. After leaving the NYPD following her abduction by serial killer Blake Bram, Shana Merchant hoped for a fresh start in the Thousand Islands of Upstate New York. Her former tormentor has other plans. Shana and Bram share more than just a hometown, and he won’t let her forget it. When the decades-old skeleton of Shana's estranged uncle is uncovered, Bram issues a challenge: Return home to Vermont and solve the cold case, or the blood he spills next will be on her hands. As Shana interviews members of her family and the community, mining for secrets that could help her solve her uncle's murder, she begins to realize how little she remembers of her childhood. And when Bram grows impatient and kidnaps again, leaving a trail of clues Shana alone can understand, she knows his new victim will only survive if she wins the psychopath’s twisted game. In order to solve one mystery, Shana must wade into her murky past to unravel another.

Author : Thomas Mann
Publisher : urzeni yayınevi
ISBN 13 : 6057941705
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Death in Venice written by Thomas Mann and published by urzeni yayınevi. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most famous literary works of the 20th century, the novella “Death in Venice” embodies themes that preoccupied Thomas Mann (1875–1955) in much of his work; the duality of art and life, the presence of death and disintegration in the midst of existence, the connection between love and suffering, and the conflict between the artist and his inner self. Mann’s handling of these concerns in this story of a middle-aged German writer, torn by his passion for a Polish youth met on holiday in Venice, resulted in a work of great psychological intensity and tragic power.

Author : Tami Hoag
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593473345
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Deeper Than the Dead written by Tami Hoag and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A serial killer terrorizes a small California town in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag. California, 1985—Four children and young teacher Anne Navarre make a gruesome discovery: a partially buried female body, her eyes and mouth glued shut. A serial killer is at large, and the very bonds that hold their idyllic town together are about to be tested to the breaking point. Tasked with finding the killer, FBI investigator Vince Leone employs a new and controversial FBI technique called “profiling,” which plunges him into the lives of the four children—and the young teacher whose need to uncover the truth is as intense as his own. But as new victims are found and pressure from the media grows, Vince and Anne find themselves circling the same small group of local suspects, unsure if those who suffer most are the victims themselves—or those close to the killer, blissfully unaware that someone very near to them is a murderous psychopath…